Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThat man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld